Excessive Blinking and Eye Rolling Right

it might be a tic. my niece started doing this around 6 or 7 and the more my sister pointed it out, the more she would do it. after everyone stopped correcting her about it, she outgrew it. took about a year - during the time wight before she stopped - my nephew started doing it too..his stopped sooner though as no one commented on it.

maybe his eyes are super dry....try a humidifier also during these winter months. my eyes are super dry and i blink a lot and have to use drops during the winter months.

It could be some sort of tic. I would go back to your pediatrician and voice your concerns only to rule out some spectrum of autism or tourettes. It most likely is just allergy or dry eyes as you said.

sounds like a small seizure.
My friend's daughter the same age was doing this , and hers started happening more and more.
It ended up that she had a double ear infection and a sinus infection and it had over loaded her little system.

I agree it could be an absence seizure or a tic. Chronic strep or PANDAS can cause tics. Sometimes virus or vaccination can cause seizures.

You have some good responses.... it could be a tic. My husband and both my son's have tourette's and they all blink the eyes... my oldest son also rolls the eyes. With tourettes if you make comments or when the child is stressed the blinking should happen more and subside if ignored. My youngest blinks incenstly (sp?) when watching tv. The doctor won't diagnose tourette's unless it's been going on for more then a year.

Hi, my 5 yr old girl does this. It drives me crazy. She says it just feels good and it "stretches" her eyes. When she was even younger, she would squeeze her eyes tight and blink excessively. We have just determined that it is dehydration (she doesn't drink a whole lot....that drives me crazy too!) and staring too long at her game system or my iphone. Kids (and adults) don't blink enough when playing games or staring at their phones. That plus being tired and a little lacking in liquid cause her to blink more and "stretch" her eyes. We took her to both doctors and she was fine. They dialated her eyes and everything. So, it is just a phase hopefully she'll grow out of and in the meantime I give her eyedrops. She can not stand the them though and they are a struggle. It gets so much better after I get them in her though. Blessings.